Tea Review: Kinako Black Sesame Milk Powder by Nittoh

 Tea Review: Kinako Black Sesame Milk Powder by Nittoh



This was a sensory head trip for me. The smell and the visual led me to think of creamy sweetness.... but the flavor was savory soy and sesame. I thoroughly enjoyed both the scent and flavor, it was just that my brain couldn’t seem to make the two go together until I told myself I was drinking black sesame ice cream base before the sugar got added and then the cognitive dissonance vanished.



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